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Nasty Firefox malware warning
6/14/2011 | E. Pluribus Unum

Posted on 06/14/2011 6:25:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

When I started Firefox tonight I got a Windows message saying that Firefox wanted to update from the Internet. I allowed it, and right away I started getting incredibly annoying audio advertisements and a popup that said "GetIt" whenever I tried to click on anything.

I rolled it back to a restore point and got rid of it, but whatever it is, it is so blatantly annoying that I don't know what they think they are accomplishing.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: firefox; firefoxmalware
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just noticed that someone added some nasty keywords to your thread.


41 posted on 06/14/2011 9:56:22 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Look at the bright side, at least you weren’t ‘Rick Rolled’.


42 posted on 06/14/2011 9:56:28 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: Neanderthal
Chrome won't allow you to right-click on a web-page to email a link, and right-clicking on an image does not immediately show the source URL

Thanks for the heads up. That's a serious deal-breaker for me.

43 posted on 06/14/2011 9:59:43 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: EasySt

Yep, I always have two AV programs running. For the past couple of years they are Norton and Webroot Spy Sweeper with AV. Plus, I regularly use Webroot’s Window Washer. This antique keeps humming along just fine.


44 posted on 06/14/2011 10:03:59 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Windflier

Yup, you made me take a closer look. That must be the “Windows Defender” portion of the Microsoft Security Essentials. News to me. I wonder how long it’s been there... ;-)

It seems to be turned off on my home machines, since these get to use Symantec for free, courtesy of my ISP.

I won’t hazard a guess about how good Microsoft is at AV security.


45 posted on 06/14/2011 10:22:07 PM PDT by EasySt (2012... Sometimes you have to flush twice.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thanks for posting this.


46 posted on 06/14/2011 11:36:42 PM PDT by Floratina
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To: Windflier
Did I write that??? (sounding like Urkel)
47 posted on 06/15/2011 7:13:41 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

bookmark


48 posted on 06/15/2011 7:16:09 AM PDT by MarineMom613 (RIP Sandra Sue, my fur baby 12/31/1999 ~ 7/2/2010 - See you on the other side!)
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To: Liberty Valance

I was just starting to use Chrome after being an early adopter of Firefox and loving it. However, the Google ads that ran recently about “It Gets Better” have made me find alternatives in lots of places.

I am not one to tell everyone to boycott this and protest that, so to each their own. However, that ad was so in my face as a decent, Jesus-loving Christian that I am actively modifying my behaviors in this case.


49 posted on 06/15/2011 7:25:03 AM PDT by GreenAccord (Bacon Akbar)
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To: EasySt

your reply
I could be mistaken, but on my machines, Microsoft Security Essentials provides a firewall and some mal-ware detection, but it is not a replacement for an antivirus program.

McAfee, Symantec, and AVG all run fine with Micrsoft Security Essentials.

Your mistaken MS security essentials is in fact a very good antivirus program and can not be run with another AV program.

The original poster however, in my opinion probably has a prexisting infection.


50 posted on 06/15/2011 9:47:42 AM PDT by waynesa98
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Did I write that?

Yes, you did, and it was too good to pass up ;-)

51 posted on 06/15/2011 10:27:35 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

(snort snort!)


52 posted on 06/15/2011 11:19:55 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“You can’t run two antivirus programs. They each see the other as a virus.”

I don’t think so. I’ve been running Avast Free and Malwarebytes (paid) for a long time... on multiple machines.


53 posted on 06/15/2011 11:40:49 AM PDT by ataDude (Its like 1933, mixed with the Carter 70s, plus the books 1984 and Animal Farm, all at the same time.)
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To: ataDude

Malwarebytes isn’t an antivirus program.


54 posted on 06/15/2011 12:09:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If Sarah Palin really was unelectable, state-run media would be begging the GOP to nominate her.)
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